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Book SynopsisThis book describes a method in which researchers commit to research WITH, not ON, members of marginalized communities in order to challenge and transform conditions of social injustice.
Trade ReviewEssentials of Critical Participatory Action Research is an engaging text for scholar-activists who are interested in conducting qualitative research with and for communities that have been historically disenfranchised, erased, or pathologized in traditional research. The authors, with their vast knowledge of conducting critical qualitative research with marginalized communities, guide the reader in considering alternative and affirming methods and analyses, as well as nontraditional venues for disseminating their work. What I appreciate most about the text is its consistent integrations of intersectional analyses—reminding readers to acknowledge their own privilege while being vigilant for the inequitable power dynamics that are far too typical among “experts” conducting the research and “subjects” who need to be studied or saved. -- Kevin L. Nadal, PhD, City University of New York, New York
Excellent! This outstanding book illustrates how to engage in critical participatory research WITH, not ON, marginalized groups interested in challenging oppression. Rooted in the activist call of, “No research on us, without us,” Michelle Fine and María Elena Torre masterfully demonstrate how to tap into collective wisdom as they collaborate in research with diverse oppressed groups in an empowering, emancipatory, and ethical manner.
Essentials of Critical Participatory Action Research is a must-read for researchers, social scientists, educators, and trainees who endorse a commitment to social justice. -- Lillian Comas-Díaz, PhD, Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, author of Multicultural Care: A Clinician’s Guide to Cultural Competence
Table of ContentsSeries Foreword—Clara E. Hill and Sarah Knox
1. Critical Participatory Action Research: Conceptual Foundations
Why CPAR? Critical Elements
Where Collective Wisdom Grows: Participatory Contact Zones
Situating CPAR in the Qualitative Traditions
Critical Epistemological Roots: Widening Our Understanding of Expertise
Disciplinary Elders: Historical Roots in Community-Based Inquiry
Crafting and Performing Public-Facing Scholarship for Action, Transformation, and Provocation
2. Participatory Design
Assembling a Diverse Community of Coresearchers
Designing Mirrors and Windows
Images of Opening Sessions
Methodological Release Points: Strategies for Unleashing Collective Wisdom
A Cautionary Note on Privilege in the Contact Zone
Building an Ethical Research Collective: Ethics and Institutional Review Boards
3. Participatory Knowledge Production
Piloting: Accountability to and Feedback From the Community
Finalizing the Instrument: A Qualitative Participatory National Survey?
Cascading Research Questions: Evolving Inquiries in the Participatory Contact Zone
Growing a Sample of Radical Inclusivity and Structural Intersectionality
Inquiry Marinating in Communities of Care, Concern, and Action
4. Participatory Analysis Moving Toward Action
Slicing the Data
Steps of Participatory Analysis: Culling the Database, Macro Review, and Then Coding
Coding: The Stories and Analysis
Creating a Codebook
Bending Analysis Toward Action
5. Vibrant Variations and Grounding Questions
Grounding Questions for Critical Participatory Inquiry
Participatory Research as a Tool of Struggle and Solidarity in Contentious Times
Challenges and Joys
6. Methodological Integrity
Fidelity and Diversity
To Be of Use: Action, Transformation, and Provocation
CPAR Touchstones for Integrity and Accountability
Evaluating CPAR: How Do You Know Whether It Is Good Enough?
7. Writing Process and Research Products
Epilogue: Critical PAR in Crisis: An Epistemic Offering Toward Solidarity
References
Index
About the Authors
About the Series Editors
